Let's have a referendum on the future of Oriel Môn

I REFER to Cllr Goronwy Parry and Mr E Malcolm Lee’s letters in last week’s Mail in response to my letter of September 16, in which I was quoting from what I had previously read in the Mail about how some of the money from the Shell fund is probably being spent on the running of Oriel Môn.

I REFER to Cllr Goronwy Parry and Mr E Malcolm Lee’s letters in last week’s Mail in response to my letter of September 16, in which I was quoting from what I had previously read in the Mail about how some of the money from the Shell fund is probably being spent on the running of Oriel Môn.

Whether Anglesey County Council hands out the funding for the oriel directly or otherwise, it still begs belief to having read (to quote from the Mail on September 2) that is costs a quarter of a million pounds a year to run the gallery.

Either Cllr Parry or Mr Lee must have had their sums wrong. Whilst one said that the Friends of the Oriel have over 350 members and the other quoted a figure near to 500 and many of whom do not live on the island.

Whichever figure is correct, this would only be a very tiny fraction of the island’s population, most of whom as we all well know opposed the Oriel at the start.

So in order, however, to try and find a permanent solution to our debate relating to costs of the oriel, I wonder whether Cllr Goronwy Parry, in his high position on the council, could persuade the authority to hold an Anglesey wide referendum which could help in determining the future of the gallery. I have no doubt in guessing how the people would vote.